Grantees

2010 Piper Grantees
State Organization  
Arizona Arizona Advocacy Foundation $5,000
Arizona Arizona Advocacy Network $15,000
New York Center for Working Families / Progressive America Fund $10,000
West Virginia Ohio River Valley Environmental Coalition $10,000
  Public Campaign Action Fund $250,000
Total to Date   $290,000
2009 Piper Grantees
State Organization  
Arizona Arizona Advocacy Foundation $25,000
California California Clean Money Action Fund $30,000
California California Clean Money Campaign $10,000
California California Common Cause / Common Cause Education Fund $40,000
Connecticut Connecticut Citizen Research Group $35,000
Connecticut Connecticut Common Cause / Common Cause Education Fund $45,000
Iowa Iowa Citizen Action Network Education Foundation $33,500
Iowa Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement $41,500
Maine Maine Citizens for Clean Elections / League of Women Voters $35,000
Maryland Common Cause Maryland / Common Cause Education Fund $35,000
Maryland Progressive Maryland Education Fund $50,000
Maryland Reform Institute $5,000
New Hampshire New Hampshire Coalition for Open Democracy / New Hampshire Citizens Alliance $20,000
New York Center for Working Families / Progressive America Fund $47,500
New York Common Cause New York / Common Cause Education Fund $20,000
New York Public Policy and Education Fund of New York $87,500
North Carolina Common Cause North Carolina / Common Cause Education Fund $9,000
North Carolina Democracy North Carolina $9,000
North Carolina North Carolina Center for Voter Education $9,000
North Carolina North Carolina Voters for Clean Elections $38,000
Oregon Common Cause Oregon / Common Cause Education Fund $30,000
Oregon Democracy Reform Oregon / Western States Center $10,000
West Virginia Ohio River Valley Environmental Coalition $15,000
Wisconsin Wisconsin Democracy Campaign Education Project $35,000
  Democracy 21 Education Fund $5,000
Total   $720,000
2008 Piper Grantees
State Organization  
Alaska Alaskans for Clean Elections $1,500
Arizona Clean Elections Institute $30,000
Illinois Illinois Campaign for Political Reform $10,000
Maine Maine Citizens for Clean Elections / League of Women Voters $30,000
Maryland Public Campaign Action Fund $30,000
New Hampshire New Hampshire Coalition for Public Funding of Elections / New Hampshire Citizens Alliance $15,000
New York Center for Working Families / Progressive America Fund $35,000
New York Common Cause Education Fund $15,000
New York Public Policy and Education Fund of New York $135,000
Wisconsin Wisconsin Democracy Campaign Education Project $20,000
Total   $321,500
2007 Piper Grantees
State Organization  
Alaska Alaskans for Clean Elections $20,000
Colorado Common Cause Education Fund $30,000
Connecticut Connecticut Citizen Research Education Group $75,000
Iowa Iowa Citizen Action Network Education Foundation $32,000
Iowa Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement $30,000
Maryland Progressive Maryland Education Fund $100,000
New Hampshire New Hampshire Citizens Alliance $15,000
New Jersey New Jersey Citizen Action Education Fund $30,000
New Mexico Center for Civic Action $40,000
New Mexico Common Cause Education Fund $75,000
North Carolina Democracy North Carolina $7,500
North Carolina North Carolina Center for Voter Education $7,500
North Carolina North Carolina Voters for Clean Elections $20,000
Vermont Vermont Public Interest Research and Education Group $25,000
West Virginia Ohio River Valley Environmental Coalition $60,000
Total   $567,000
2006 Piper Grantees
State Organization  
Arizona Clean Elections Institute $75,000
Connecticut Common Cause $100,000
Connecticut Common Cause Education Fund $75,000
Illinois Illinois Campaign for Political Reform $10,000
Maine League of Women Voters of Maine Education Fund $7,500
Maine Maine Citizens for Clean Elections / League of Women Voters $30,000
Maryland Common Cause Education Fund $25,000
Maryland Progressive Maryland Education Fund $100,000
New Jersey New Jersey Citizen Action Education Fund $30,000
New Mexico Common Cause Education Fund $15,000
New York Public Policy and Education Fund of New York $25,000
North Carolina Democracy North Carolina $22,500
North Carolina North Carolina Voters for Clean Elections $22,500
  Proteus Action League $190,000
Total   $727,500
2005 Piper Grantees
State Organization  
Arizona Clean Elections Institute $100,000
Connecticut Connecticut Citizen Action Group $48,800
Connecticut Connecticut Citizen Research Group $45,200
Maryland Progressive Maryland Education Fund $125,000
Massachusetts Massachusetts Voters for Fair Elections $40,000
Minnesota Minnesota Alliance for Progressive Action Education Fund $20,000
New Jersey New Jersey Citizen Action Education Fund $30,000
New Mexico Re-Visioning New Mexico $20,000
Oregon Money in Politics Research Action Project (MIPRAP) $50,000
Washington, D.C. Common Cause $202,250
Washington, D.C. DC Public Campaign $45,000
West Virginia Ohio River Valley Environmental Coalition $65,000
Wisconsin Wisconsin Democracy Campaign Education Project $20,000
Total   $797,750
2004 Piper Grantees
State Organization  
Arizona Clean Elections Institute $50,000
Connecticut Connecticut Citizen Research Group $115,000
Connecticut Common Cause Education Fund $135,000
Idaho Idaho Working Group for Fair Elections $15,000
Idaho United Vision for Idaho $15,000
Illinois Public Action Foundation $20,000
Illinois Illinois Campaign for Political Reform $30,000
Massachusetts Commonwealth Education Project for Massachusetts Voters for Fair Elections $80,000
Michigan Fannie Lou Hamer Project $35,000
Maryland Progressive Maryland Education Fund $40,000
Maine Maine Citizen Leadership Fund $85,000*
Minnesota Minnesota Alliance for Progressive Action Education Fund $35,000
National Common Cause Education Fund $20,000
National Public Campaign $55,000
North Carolina Democracy North Carolina $70,000
Ohio Ohio River Valley Environmental Coalition $50,000
Oregon Western States Center for Money in Politics Research Action Project $25,000
West Virginia Ohio River Valley Environmental Coalition $85,000*
Wisconsin Wisconsin Democracy Campaign Education Project $20,000
Total   $895,000
2003 Piper Grantees
State Organization  
Arizona Arizona Clean Elections Fund/Arizona Advocacy Network $100,000
Arizona Clean Elections Institute $50,000
Connecticut Connecticut Citizen Research Group $30,000
Hawaii Hawaii Election Project $14,000
Idaho Idaho Working Group for Fair Elections $10,000
Illinois Illinois Campaign for Political Reform/League of Women Voters of Illinois Education Fund $20,000
Maine Maine Citizen Leadership Fund $100,000
Maryland Progressive Maryland Education Fund/Progressive America Fund $50,000
Massachusetts Massachusetts Voters for Clean Elections/Commonwealth Education Project $50,000
Massachusetts ¿Oíste? The Massachusetts Latino Civic Education Initiative $15,000
National Common Cause Education Fund $30,000
New Mexico US Action - Advance Campaign Finance Reform in New Mexico $2,000
North Carolina Democracy North Carolina $25,000
North Carolina North Carolina Center Voter Education $25,000
New Mexico Re-Visioning New Mexico $52,000
Oregon Money in Politics Research Action Project/Western States Center $30,000
West Virginia Ohio River Valley Environmental Coalition $40,000
  National Network of Grantmakers $4,000
  Public Campaign to support DataExchange $108,656
Total   $755,656
2002 Piper Grantees
State Organization  
Arizona Clean Elections Institute $120,000
Colorado Colorado Progressive Coalition $20,000
Connecticut Connecticut Citizen Action Group $10,000
Connecticut Connecticut Citizen Research Group $45,000
Idaho United Vision for Idaho $20,000
Idaho Working Group for Fair Elections & Idahoans for Fair Elections $30,000
Illinois Illinois Campaign for Political Reform $10,000
Illinois Protestants for the Common Good $10,000
Illinois Public Action Foundation $40,000
Maine Maine Citizen Leadership Fund $25,000
Maryland

Progressive Maryland Education Fund/Progressive America Fund1

 $70,000
Massachusetts Massachusetts Voters for Clean Elections/
Commonwealth Coalition		 $105,000
Massachusetts Massachusetts Voters for Clean Elections/
Commonwealth Education Project		 $25,000
Massachusetts ¿Oíste? Civic Education Initiative $20,000
Massachusetts ¿Oíste?/Commonwealth Coalition $20,000
New Mexico New Mexico Progressive Alliance for Community Empowerment $4,000
New Mexico Re-Visioning New Mexico $58,000
New York New York Fair Election Project $10,000
New York New York Public Interest Research Group Fund $30,000
North Carolina Democracy South $15,000
North Carolina North Carolina Center for Voter Education $10,000
North Carolina North Carolina Good Government Fund $5,000
North Carolina North Carolina Voters for Clean Elections $25,000
Oregon Oregon Money in Politics Research Action Project/Western States Center $15,000
Texas Center for Public Democracy-Campaign for People $30,000
Texas Public Justice Foundation of Texas $25,000
Vermont Vermont Public Interest Research Group $35,000
West Virginia Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition $45,000
Wisconsin Wisconsin Citizen Action Fund $20,000
Wyoming Wisconsin Democracy Campaign Education Project $10,000
Total   $907,000
Spring 2001 Piper Grantees
State Organization  
Florida Florida Consumer Action Network Foundation $30,000
Georgia Georgia Rural Urban Summit/Fund for Southern Communities $20,000
Massachusetts Mass Voters for Clean Elections/Commonwealth Coalition $40,000
Minnesota Minnesota Alliance for Progressive Action Education Fund $35,000
Nevada Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada $25,000
New Hampshire New Hampshire Citizens Alliance $25,000
New Jersey New Jersey Citizen Policy and Education Fund $30,000
Texas Public Justice Foundation of Texas $10,000
Vermont Vermont Public Interest Research Group $15,000
West Virginia Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition $45,000
Wisconsin Wisconsin Citizen Action $20,000
Wyoming Equality State Policy Center $10,000
Total   $305,000
Strategic Response Capacity $65,000
Winter 2001 Piper Grantees
State Organization  
Arizona Clean Elections Institute $40,000
Connecticut Connecticut Citizen Action Group $50,000
Idaho United Vision for Idaho $20,000
Idaho Working Group for Fair Elections $20,000
Illinois Public Action Foundation $20,000
Maine Maine Citizen Leadership Fund $40,000
Maryland Progressive Maryland Education Fund $50,000
New Mexico Re-Visioning New Mexico, Inc. $50,000
New York Public Policy and Education Fund of New York $50,000
North Carolina Democracy South $35,000
North Carolina North Carolina Center for Voter Education $35,000
North Carolina North Carolina Voters for Clean Elections $30,000
Oklahoma Oklahoma Citizens for Campaign Finance Reform/League of Women Voters $15,000
Oregon Money in Politics Research Action Project/Western States Center $20,000
Texas Center for Public Democracy, Inc. $50,000
Wisconsin Wisconsin Democracy Campaign Education Project $20,000
Total   $545,000
Spring 2000 Piper Grantees
State Organization  
Arkansas Arkansas Public Policy Panel $20,000
Connecticut Connecticut Citizen Research Group $40,000
Florida Florida Consumer Action Network Foundation $40,000
Georgia Georgia Rural Urban Summit/Fund for Southern Communities $43,500
Illinois Illinois Campaign for Political Reform $25,000
Louisiana Louisiana Labor-Neighbor Project $25,000
Massachusetts Commonwealth Education Project $30,000
Massachusetts Mass Voters for Clean Elections/Commonwealth Coalition $10,000
Minnesota Minnesota Alliance for Progressive Action Education Fund $25,000
Missouri Missouri Voters for Fair Elections $70,000
North Dakota North Dakota Progressive Coalition $25,000
New Hampshire New Hampshire Citizens Alliance $30,000
New Jersey Citizen Policy and Education Fund of NJ $30,000
Nevada Progressive Leadership Alliance of NV $20,000
Oregon Oregon Political Accountability Campaign $70,000
Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Consumer Education Project $25,000
Utah Utah Progressive Network Education Fund $25,000
Vermont Vermont Public Interest Research and Education Fund $30,000
Wisconsin Wisconsin Citizen Action Fund $30,000
West Virginia Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition $45,000
Wyoming Equality State Policy Center $25,000
Total   $683,500